Acherontas (Αχέροντας) is a municipality in Thesprotia, Greece, named after the Acherontas River. This article is about a place in Greece; For the taxonomic classification, see Thesprotia (genus Thesprotia (Θεσπρωτία Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Population 2,344 (2001). The seat of the municipality is in Gardiki.